C
Ring them bells, ye heathen
F/AC
From the city that dreams
C
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
F/G
’Cross the valleys and streams
FC
For they’re deep and they’re wide
CF
And the world’s on its side
C
And time is running backwards
F/GC
And so is the bride
C
Ring them bells St. Peter
F/AC
Where the four winds blow
C
Ring them bells with an iron hand
F/G
So the people will know
FC
Oh it’s rush hour now
CF
On the wheel and the plow
C
And the sun is going down
F/GC
Upon the sacred cow
C
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
F/GC
For the poor man’s son
C
Ring them bells so the world will know
G
That God is one
FC
Oh the shepherd is asleep
CF
Where the willows weep
C
And the mountains are filled
F/GC
With lost sheep
AmC
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
AmC
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
AmAbaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
C/GD9/Gb
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Fmaj7C/E
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Dm7
For the child that cries
F/G
When innocence dies
C
Ring them bells St. Catherine
F/GC
From the top of the room
C
Ring them from the fortress
F/G
For the lilies that bloom
FC
Oh the lines are long
CF
And the fighting is strong
C
And they’re breaking down the distance
F/GC
Between right and wrong
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.